Bayit BULLETIN June 14Th - June 21St, 2019 11 - 18 Sivan, 5779 3700 Henry Hudson Parkway, Bronx, NY 10463 718-796-4730

Hebrew Institute of Riverdale Bayit BULLETIN June 14th - June 21st, 2019 11 - 18 Sivan, 5779 3700 Henry Hudson Parkway, Bronx, NY 10463 718-796-4730 www.thebayit.org

Mazal Tov to: Susan & Jonathan Dzik on the birth of a granddaughter to their children 45TH ANNUAL Avi & Karen in Israel, sister to Netanel, Moriah and Sarah Emunah.

JOURNAL DINNER Rina & Josh Altman on the birth of a son, Omri. Mazal Tov to grandparents Diane & Gary THIS SUNDAY Magid, Janis Altman, and Deena & Harold Altman.

JUNE 16TH Maurice & Wendy Rabbenou on the birth of a son. Mazal Tov to big sister Audrey, grandparents Debbie & Jerry King and Terrian & Farshad Rabbenou and the extended King Melanie & Bob Santoriello and Rabbenou family. Guests of Honor Karen Grushka & Keivan Kahen on the birth of a son. Mazal tov to big brothers Noam & Kathy Goldstein & Max. The community is invited to the brit Tuesday morning at 8:45am. Ahron Rosenfeld Welcome New Member: Elliot Gorman Community Service Award THIS SHABBAT @ THE BAYIT Aviva Braun-Finkler & Gary Finkler DRASHA w/ co-Youth Directors Eitan Cooper and Emily Hausman Young Leadership Award After Kiddush: Professor Shahar Lifshitz, Professor, Bar Ilan University Law School. RSVP NOW! “Liberal Multiculturalism as a Solution to Religion-State Relations.”

www.thebayit.org/dinner 7:00pm: Dr. Lionel Yehuda Ifrah • From Moses to Washington - A talk with Professor Dr. Lionel Yehuda Ifrah, father of Myriam Elefant, on the Kiddush Hebrew roots of the American nation. Dr. Ifrah has taught at the Sorbonne and Graduation/Youth Kiddush is Professor emeritus of English literature at the University of Versailles. He

To sponsor a future Kiddush please was also the religious leader of the Jewish community of Saint-Cloud, France email Seth Aronson at [email protected] for over 30 years. He currently lives in Jerusalem with his wife Esther. He recently published From Moses to Washington.

This Shabbat: Between Mincha & Maariv: Dr. Avishalom Westreich, Senior Lecturer, The College of Parashat Nasso Law & Business in Ramat Gan. “Posthumous Reproduction: From Yibbum to IDF Soldiers.”

 Candle Lighting: 8:11pm  Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 7:10pm This Shabbat: Graduation Celebration  Shalom Bayit: 7:00am Thank you to all the Kiddush sponsors: Rabba Sara Hurwitz & Josh Abraham in honor of  Shacharit Main Tefillah: 8:30am Yonah and Zacharya’s graduation, Tovah & Noah Aronin in honor of Noah’s  Sof Zman Kriat Shema: 9:07am graduation, Tali Schaum Broder & Yechiel Broder in honor of Tali’s graduation, Jennie  Teen Tefillah: 9:15am Goldress & Andrew Eisenberger in honor of Ilan and Meital’s graduation, Jessica & Chad  Learning Service: 9:15am Haller in honor of Mattie and Avery’s graduation, the Haut-Rosenberg Family in honor of  Parasha Shiur: 6:00pm Ayelet’s graduation, Rebecca & Bradley Hirschfield in honor of Dini’s graduation, Amy  Listening Room: 6:30pm Jennifer Jonas in honor of Daniel’s graduation, Eve & Chanan Kessler in honor of Yosef’s  Mincha (Main/Sephardic): 7:55pm graduation, Rebecca Battat & David Khabinsky in honor of Rebecca’s graduation, Ann &  Maariv/Shabbat ends: 9:14pm James Lapin in honor of Sarit’s graduation, Devorah & Phil Levin in honor of Beth’s graduation, David E. Levine in honor of Dr. Russell Levine’s graduation, Ruth Licht in honor Weekday Times: of Avial Hirsch and Ralph Jean’s graduation, Selene & Marc Messenger in honor of Sam’s Shacharit: graduation, Maya & Haggai Resnikoff in honor of Chevki’s graduation, Kathy Goldstein &  Sunday: 8:30am Ahron Rosenfeld in honor of Modi’s graduation, Barie-Lynne & Ezra Rosensaft in honor of  Monday/Thursday: 6:40am, 7:50am A.Z and Malkey’s graduation, Linda & Alan Schreck in honor of Yoni’s promotion to 2nd  Tues/Wed/Friday: 6:45am, 7:50am grade and Tovah’s promotion to 5th grade. Mincha/Maariv:  Sunday: Mincha 6:00pm/6:30pm Mazal Tov to all the graduates!  Maariv after program (app 8:30pm)  Mon-Thurs: 8:15pm UPCOMING SPEAKERS  Shabbat June 22nd, 8:25pm: Dr. Elliott Rabin. “Are We Maskilim?” Next Shabbat: Beha’alotcha  Candle Lighting: 8:13pm  Shabbat June 29th, Dr. Rachel Levmore, To’enet Rabbanit Agunah & Get-Refusal  Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 7:10pm Prevention Project: “Judging the Judges: Israeli Rabbinical Courts, Changes in the Courts and  Shacharit Main Tefillah: 8:30am Women Appointing Rabbinical Court Judges in Israel.”  Mincha (Main/Sephardic): 8:00pm  Sunday June 30th, 7:00pm: Alex Weisberg. “The Sabbatical Year and Sabbatical Year  Maariv/Shabbat ends: 9:16pm Produce: A Rabbinic Approach to Animals, Environmental Ethics, and Politics.” THE BAYIT BULLETIN

THIS WEEK’S CLASSES @ THE BAYIT: ABRAHAM & SARAH'S TENT: DEDICATED IN MEMORY OF HENRY & GOLDIE JOE HOCH Z"L MEMORIAL DAF YOMI SHIUR GUTTMAN Z"L & SPONSORED BY JOE GUTTMAN Z”L with Dov Weinstock (M-Fr) and Eli Oberstein (Sat/Sun) (CO-SPONSORS WELCOME): Room 3.4 Join us every Shabbat for our open communal dinner. Co- Sunday - Friday 7:30am Shabbat - After Mincha sponsored this week by Barbara Gochberg & Steve Pretsfelder Open to all. You are invited to join at any time. in memory of Lawrence Gochberg. To see which Shabbatot are We are looking for occasional substitutes. Please email available for sponsorship, please visit www.thebayit.org/tent or [email protected].

email James Lapin at [email protected].

LEARNING SERVICE WITH YESHIVAT MAHARAT SHABBAT CLASSES STUDENT, LIVYA TINESTIT 8:05am: Midrash Hashavua w/Rav Steven Starting this Shabbat, June 15th until Shabbat Shuva on October Immediately After Mussaf: Torah To Go, A weekly brief 5th the Learning Service will be conducting a High Holiday Lit- Torah learning w/Ariel Freidenberg urgy Workshop. We will review the better-known melodies of 6:00pm: Parasha Shiur w/Livya Tinestit the High Holiday service. Class begins at 8:30am in the 2nd- 6:30pm: Listening Room w/Myra Estelle - not meeting this week. floor office past the kitchen and ends at 11:00am.

RABBA ANAT’S MONDAY CLASS - Will resume June 24th.

HEBREW CLASSES WITH SARA KINBERG* HIR KNITTING CLUB Monday - 7:30pm - Advanced Hebrew Ulpan (at the Atria) - Monthly meetings take place on the 4th Monday of each month at 7:00pm. not meeting for Shavuot. Wednesday - 7:30pm - Intermediate Hebrew Ulpan (Lobby) The club continues to knit squares that Warm Up Thursday - 7:30pm - Biblical Hebrew and Siddur study America! sews together to make Afghan blankets for the needy, (Lobby). and they have initiated a new project, knitting beautiful scarves *Sara Kinberg is an experienced Hebrew teacher. For info and for victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse who are guidance on placement, please call Sara at 718-548-2461. Payment made residing in women’s shelters. Yarn and directly to the teacher. supplies made possible by a grant from the Gutenstein Family Foundation. SOCIAL WORKER @ THE BAYIT Next meeting: Monday, June 24th at 7:00pm Our regular Social Worker, Arona Berow is on leave for the next several weeks. Please contact Faye Wilbur at 212-632-4487 or Questions? Please call Joan Salomon at 845-653-1290. [email protected] for assistance during Arona’s time off. Services are available to the Bayit community through the Partners-in-Caring (PJC) program facilitated by Jewish Board of Family Services and funded by Do you know someone who needs any of the following? UJA-Federation of New York. Would you like to volunteer for any of these committees? Meals For Ill Members: ALIYOT AT THE BAYIT Jackie Binstock: 718-543-9135, [email protected] Shiva: Beth Braunstein: [email protected] Have a guest or special occasion coming up? Contact Bayit Bikur Cholim: Ruth Licht: 718-796-3491, Gabbai, Hillel Jaffe to arrange for Aliyot and other Kibbudim. [email protected] [email protected]. Meals for New Parents: Shira Billet: [email protected] Meals after Pregnancy Loss: Shira Billet: [email protected] RIVERDALE MIKVAH HOURS Hospitality and Welcome: [email protected] Bayit Band: [email protected] Friday Night: 40 minutes after candle lighting. No appointment is Green Committee: Ann Rauch, [email protected] necessary but please be on time. Child Protection Committee: Rahel Bayar, Saturday Night: 9:30pm -11:00pm. [email protected] Sunday-Thursday Night: 8:45pm-11:00pm Shelter: James Lapin, [email protected] Keilim Mikvah: Open during daylight hours only. Social Action: Michael Goldblum, [email protected] 718-549-8336 www.riverdalemikvah.com To reach Bayit president Daniel Feit please email [email protected].

Steven Exler, Senior Rabbi: [email protected]/ x108 Richard Langer, Executive Director: Phyllis Newsome, Bookkeeper: Anat Sharbat, Ph.D., Associate Rabba: [email protected]/ x104 [email protected]/ x103 [email protected]/ x106 Eitan Cooper, Co-Youth Director: Yael Oshinsky, Program Associate: Ezra Seligsohn, Associate Rabbi: [email protected]/ x240 [email protected]/ x116 [email protected]/ x219 Emily Hausman, Co-Youth Director: Shuli Boxer Rieser, Assistant to R’ Weiss: Sara Hurwitz, Rabba: [email protected]/ x120 [email protected]/ x102 [email protected]/ x107 Bryan Cordova, Facilities Manager: Avi Weiss, Rabbi in Residence: [email protected]/ x121 [email protected]/ x102

SHABBAT MORNING GROUPS SNACKS 2019: Snacks Sponsorship: $36 - Tot Shabbat

$100 – sponsor all snacks $36 - Nursery-K To sponsor snacks for youth groups go to www.thebayit.org/youthsponsor. $150 – sponsor all snacks + $36 - Grades 1-6 REMINDER: Groups conclude at 11:40am. Please make every effort to pick up your children birthday party on time. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

Groups Schedule: Room 3-6: Kindergarten RH SH: Tot Shabbat Room 3-1: Grades 3-6 Boys Room 3-4: Nursery Regular groups: 9:40am - 11:40am Room 3-2: Grades 3-6 Girls Room 3-5: Pre-K (10:15am - 12:15pm on 2nd Day of Shavuot Room 3-3: Grades 1-2 Tot Shabbat: 10:30am.

Teen Tefillah: 9:15am-11:30am: room 3-2 Facilitated by Rabbi Joseph Robinson, all 7th-12th graders are welcome. Contact Rabbi Joseph at [email protected] to read Torah, lead Tefillah, recite Mi Sheberakhs or share a Dvar Torah.

PLAYGROUND - Ready. Set. Play We are pleased to announce that the playground work is complete. However there are still some bills that need to be paid. Visit www.thebayit.org/playground to help close the gap!

SHABBAT JUNE 15TH - YOUTH SHABBAT The following rules and guidelines have been designed Please join us for this annual highlight, as we celebrate our community youth and their year of growth and learning! to promote child safety and respect for Bayit property:  Children with their groups and group leaders will be entering the Main Sanctuary to lead Tefillah  This playground is for members of the Bayit community and  Youth Group leaders will be acknowledged at the end of Tefillah their guests when the synagogue is open.  Shabbat Morning Drasha will be given by Eitan and Emily  Playground may only be used when the shul is open.  If you'd like to take the opportunity to thank your group leader  Playground is for use by toddlers and school-age children for a wonderful year by offering some words of gratitude, please only with appropriate supervision. click on the link below!  No adults except in the company of children.  Playground equipment must be used in a safe & appropriate Concludes with a special Youth & Graduation Kiddush to manner. honor all the children and graduates, young and old!  Be respectful of other children using the playground. Sponsor at www.thebayit.org/youthshabbat  Please keep the playground area clean.  Children should follow instructions given by Bayit staff, PLAYGROUND GROUPS SCHEDULE! group leaders, and other adults. Groups will be outside at the following times. If you arrive at shul  Respect our neighbors: The Riverdale Mikveh is private with your children, please check to see if their group is outside at  property not affiliated with the Bayit. that time as per the schedule below. Thanks!  The gates to the Mikveh parking lot are for emergency exit  9:45 - 10:15: Nursery and pre-K only and we are installing alarms that will sound when they  10:15 - 10:45: Kindergarten, Grades 1 - 2 are opened.  10:45 - 11:15: Grades 3 - 6 BECOME A YOUTH GROUP LEADER! IMPORTANT REMINDER: The Youth Department wants YOU! Join your friends and

THE GATES FROM THE PLAYGROUND TO THE MIKVAH become a part of our team of teen leaders in 2019-20. PARKING LOT ARE ALARMED. IF YOU OPEN THE GATE AN Current 7th graders and older who are interested in becoming ALARM WILL SOUND AND SOMEONE WILL HAVE TO COME group leaders in the fall should reach out to Emily Hausman at WITH A KEY TO TURN IT OFF! [email protected].

Calling all Riverdale kids! The Bayit is the place to be! For assistance, please contact Co-Youth Directors: Eitan Cooper—[email protected] x240 Emily Hausman—[email protected] x120

Thank you to all the supporters of our 45th Annual Journal Dinner honoring Melanie & Bob Santoriello, Kathy Goldstein & Ahron Rosenfeld, and Aviva Braun-Finkler & Gary Finkler. Join us on Sunday, June 16th, at 5:30pm. Sign up online today @ www.thebayit.org/dinner.

This list was updated effective Thursday afternoon, June 13th, at 5:00pm.

Abraham, Sara Hurwitz & Josh Ezrapour, Debbie & Robert Hebrew Free Burial Assoc. Alan Party Rentals, Robert Fox Federman, Zahava Helfgott, Felice Altman, Rina & Joshua Feigenbaum, Rose Herstic, Mitchel Annenberg, Shira & Nathan Feit, Wendy Zierler & Daniel Herzel, Ruth & Zvi Apple Bank for Savings Feldman, Ann & Richard Hirsch, Joseph Aronin, Tovah & Noah Finkler, Aviva Braun-Finkler & Gary Hirsch, Lisa Licht Hirsch & Daniel Aronoff, Roberta & Alan Finkler, David Hoffnung, Anne & Ari Aronson, Seth Finkler, Lillian & Steven Honig, Nancy & Milton Aruty, Laureen and Marc Fishbein, Lisa Horowitz, Roberta & Bernard Baker, Lorna & Mark Fishman, Marion House, Sherry & Robert Bar-David, Devorah Braunstein & Meir Flatto, Leopold Hubbel, Graham Bar-Shai, Esther & Tzvi Flechner, Jane Jaffe, Madeline & Hillel Becher, Ronnie & Michael Frank, Laura Shaw Frank & Aaron Jasper-Brody, Michelle Berg, Shana Bloom & Benjamin Frankel, Sally & Danny Jenkelowitz, Rebecca Jaffe & Jacob Bergman, Jennifer Pepper & Jed Freidenberg, Anat Sharbat & Ariel Jonas, Amy Jennifer Bernstein, Gaya & Lewis Friedenberg, Linda Ende & Michael Jordan, Karen Blank, Judith Friedman, Judy Yudin & Charles Kanner, MJ & Barry Bloom, Anat Barber & Avi Friedman, Mati & Aaron Kanowitz, David Bloom, Elaine & Arthur Friedman, Ruth Balinsky Friedman & Yoni Kaplan, Wendy Levinson & Bob Blumenthal, Barbara & David Gardenswartz, Anath & Ian Kaplowitz, Sharon & Michael Brafman, Ariela Rosenberg & Yonatan Geld, Bonnie & Isaac Karol, Rena & Sheon Braun, Francine & Samuel Goldblum, Ann Rauch & Michael Katchen, Steven Braunstein, Beth & David Goldman, Daniella Kevelson Goldman & Ari Katz, Nechama & Joseph Bressman, Atara Lindenbaum & Jeremy Goldmintz, Liana & Daniel Kessler, Eve & Chanan Broder, Eva Miriam & Hillel Gordon, Myra Estelle Kessler, Sara & Seymour Bulman, Melissa & Paul Gorman, Lauren & Jack Key Food (Dan's Supreme) Cappell, Audrey & Jacob Graybow, Carolyn & Howard Khabinsky, Rebecca Battat & David Cass, Michelle Greenberg, Abbie & Moshe Klein, Barbara Lipshutz & Bruce Cohen, Joseph Greenberg, Linda Ellen & Aaron Saul Koplow, Amy Cohen, Lynn & Bob Greenberg, Nina & Stanley Kramer, Dina & Andrew Cohen, Sharon Koren & Matthew Greenman, Shoshana & Yaakov Kramer, Jeffrey Richard & Marc Cong. Beth Aharon (Sephardic Minyan) Gribetz, Sarit Kattan & Jonathan Kranzler, Adinah & Elli Cooper, Dita & Eitan Grosser, Judy Silver & Jerry Krohn, Vivian Corner Café and Pizza Plus Grossman, Debbie Braverman & Hillel Kulick, Faye CSAIR, Conservative Synagogue of Riverdale Gurland, Judith Lande, Robert Daube, Stacey & Michael Gurock, Pamela & Jeff Landes, Bryna & Joshua Davis, Adinah East & Howard Haas, David Lannik, Elizabeth Shayne & Josh Davis, Gillian Steinberg & Mark Haber, Lena & Alan Lapin, Ann & James Dinowitz, Jeffrey Hait, Beth & Ari Larchmont Temple Dorfman, Naomi & Hal Hall, Paula Sinclair & Charles Lefkowitz, Myrna Edelman, Moshe Haller, Jessica & Chad Lerea, Nancy & Dov Eilenberg, Alisa & Adam Halperin, Joanna & Elliot Lerner, Bernice Eiseman, Gloria & David Handwerger, Beckie Braun & Samuel Levin, Morlie & Norm Elefant, Myriam Hasson, Sara & Laurence Levine, Rose Exler, Shira Billet & Steven Haut-Rosenberg Family Levine, Teddi CLIMATE CORNER SECURING OUR BAYIT Safe Disposal of Dangerous Waste We are asking the community to support the increased costs Councilman Andrew Cohen is sponsoring a collection event on of securing our Bayit. Most of the work these past few years June 23 to safely dispose of household items that should be has been funded by grants from the Department of Homeland kept out of the landfill. Items collected include paint, pesticides, Security and staffed with countless volunteer hours from syringes, cleaning products, fluorescent bulbs, medication, elec- members of our Community Security Service (CSS) team with tronics, personal hygiene products, and more. Registration is limited use of general Shul funds. However, grants and limited to 250 people, and you must be on the list to drop off volunteers cannot do everything. We need your support, your waste. To learn more, and sign up to participate, go to mostly for paid security on Friday night and to supplement the https://www.thebayit.org/green. If you can't make this event, CSS team on Shabbat morning, but also for supplies and the NYC Department of Sanitation also holds 2 SAFE equipment that are not covered by the grant programs. We (Solvents, Automotive, Flammables & Electronics) Disposal estimate that our increased costs relating to security will be Events per borough annually. approximately $36,000. As the Bayit has not historically For more information, contact the Green Team at imposed assessments on its members, we are hoping to raise [email protected] the needed amount through voluntary contributions. Thank you in advance for your support. Visit www.thebayit.org/ 45th Annual Journal Dinner Supporters – continued security to make your pledge today.

Lew, Ruth Schwartz & Jack Reznik, Thea Silverstein, Caryn Keller & Isaac Leyman, Wendy & Edward Riverdale Pediatric Dentistry Simon, Ruthie & Joel Licht, Ruth Riverside Memorial Chapel Sisterhood Salaam - Shalom Lieberman, Elyorah Rosenberg, Miriam Weiler & Harvey Skydell, Seryl Ritter & Buddy Linzer, Devorah Zlochower & Dov Rosenblatt, Judy & Gary Slepian, Harry Lipkin, Alessandra & Richard Rosenfeld, Kathy Goldstein & Ahron Smith, Janet Loeser, Jessica & Stuart Rosenfeld-Kramer, Fruma Spira, Atara Gorsetman & Brian Lopatin, Rachel Tessler & Asher Rosenstein, Rebecca & Barry Stark, Joan & Arnold Lowenfeld, Sally Mendelsohn & David Ross, Jordana Levine & Glen Steinberg, Janet & Benjamin Machleder, Elaine Rubel, Eva & Richard Steinberg, Lisa & Harold Mahler, Marisa & Joshua Rubenstein, Randee & Kenneth Steinmetz-Silber Family Margulies, Ilana & Dan Ryman, Lamelle & Rob Stendig, Marlene Schanzer & Elliott Mark, Ruth Seligman & Jonathan S.J. International Stern, Jessica Mermelstein, Gaby Schoenfeld & Avi Santoriello, Melanie & Robert Stern, Naava Frank & Gregg Meshulam, Melissa Scher, Ethel & Stanley Stern, Zelda Mintz, Randi Carrey & Erik Schifman, Tao & Jeffrey Stiglitz, Goldie & Marvin Nadis, Becky & Joseph Schmuckler, Shimrit & JJ Strosberg, Andrea & Josh Nerwen, Shulamit Lerner & Cliff Schneider, Jean & Phillip Tannenbaum, Erica Nusbacher, Gloria & Burton Schneider, Shifra Landowne & Matt Taub, Smadar & Martin Nussbaum, Etty & Ronald Scholem, Nancy Stern Teicher, Shonny & Paul Oberstein, Cecily & Eliezer Schon, Micky & Eric Teten, Luba & David Olsen, Stuart Schorr, Gail & Judah The Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Center Oshinsky, Carole & Sy Schramm, Lisa Glass & Chaim Tuvia, Hillary Lewin & Guy Padwa, Mia Diamond Padwa & Daniel Schwartz, Bat Sheva Marcus & Elliot Wechselblatt, Daniella Fuchs & Jeffrey Paikin, Ilene & Zvi Schwartz, Bernice Weinberger, Elana & Mark Perla, Valerie Altmann & Daniel Schwartz, Shani & David Weiner, Ariel & Josh Perry, Kenneth Schwartz, Tani Weinstock, Susan Gross & Dov Polsky, Judith Kaplan & Lawrence Schweber, Ellie Weiss, Evelyn & Stanley Pretsfelder, Barbara Gochberg & Steven Seligsohn, Ma'ayan & Ezra Weiss, Toby & Avi Pulver, Lisa & David Shapiro, Sofia & Maksim Weiss, Yali & Benjamin Rabin, Adele & Elliott Shaw, Shira Gordon & Phil Weissbrot, Stephanie & Bobby Rabinovitch, Andrea & Charles Shefter, Laura & Ben Wiener, Ayelet & Jonathan Rascoff, Barbara Signature Bank Zimet, Esther

BUSINESS ADVERTISING IN THE BAYIT BULLETIN MEMBERSHIP MEETING/ELECTIONS Promote your business to Bayit bulletin readers in the first TUESDAY JUNE 25TH - 7:00PM bulletin of every month. Contact the office at 718-796-4730 or Our Annual Membership Meeting and the Election of Officers [email protected] for more information. and Trustees will take place on Tuesday, June 25th @ 7:00pm HIR's posting of any advertisement is not an endorsement of the in the Lower Level Beit Midrash and will conclude with advertiser, or of the product or service offered. Mincha/Maariv at 8:20pm. The full report of the nominating SEFARIM FUND committee and the procedure for submitting nominations by Thank you to this month’s donors: petition are online at www.thebayit.org/bulletin

 Carolyn & Howard Graybow in memory of Edith BREATH, BODY, MIND WORKSHOP Dubin. W/SHIRA GORDON - SUNDAY, JUNE 30TH  Harriet Hendler in memory of her grandmother Lena 10:00am - 11:00am Apotheker (Leah Devorah bas Reb Yosef). A gentle, effecting, breathing practice to manage stress, anxiety,  Thursday Night Hebrew Class in honor of the and depression and improve general health and well being. graduation of Sara Kinberg’s granddaughter, Li’el. Facilitated by Shira Gordon, RN, MS, MPH. Certified teacher of  Hadassah Schultz in memory of Philip Ephraim the BBM technique as taught by Dr. Richard Brown and Dr. Pat Schultz. Gerbarg. To sign up please visit www.thebayit.org/breath.

To make a donation, pick up a flyer in the lobby, call the office, or visit our website www.thebayit.org/sefarim. BAYIT SEFARIM FUND Donations to the Sefarim fund will be used to purchase the books we need as determined by the ADVANCED BEGINNER’S SPANISH CLASS Rabbinic team and Gabbaim. Donors will be Thursdays July 11th till August 15th recognized with a thank you in the 2nd bulletin of From 10 AM - 12 noon every month and a dedication label in the book when it is For more info, please email Rhonda at: purchased. www.thebayit.org/sefarim. [email protected]

PLASTIC FILM RECYCLING @ THE BAYIT AMAZON SMILE PROGRAM Go to smile.amazon.com, pick your own Charitable New York City recycles all rigid plastic. The Bayit is pleased to organization and put in “Hebrew Institute of Riverdale.” be a collection point for soft plastic film. Save all your plastic The Bayit has already earned over $1,100 in donations through including bread bags, newspaper sleeves, packing "pillows", the Amazon Smiles program! bubble wrap, cereal bags, plastic baggies & wrap and bring them to The Bayit! Drop off your clean plastic bags & other HIR GIFT CARDS approved plastic items in the TREX Collection Box in the Support our Bayit by purchasing gift cards - Buy it for the Bayit! coatroom. Check out the list of recyclable plastic on our new For more information on volunteering or to place an order, posters. Help us meet our goal & win a free bench made of email [email protected] or call Shira Gordon at recycled plastic products. 718-549-5280. https://www.trexfurniture.com/learn-more/lumber.html. For NOTE: Purchases do not cost you anything extra. questions or comments contact the Green Team at [email protected]. Moss Cafe is now participating in the HIR Scrip program and is offering the Bayit a 10% rebate on the gift cards. CSS (COMMUNITY SECURITY SERVICE): VOLUNTEER TODAY! THE PARASHA PROJECT: ONLINE WEEKLY Thank you to all our CSS volunteers. The additional shifts PARASHA RECORDINGS needed to cover a three-day Yom Tov highlights the The Bayit is delighted to announce the launch of The Parasha commitment and sacrifices each of them makes to serve our Project, an online repository of audio recordings of the entire Bayit. Torah, arranged by Parasha and Aliyah featuring our The best thank you is to become a volunteer. The exceptional Ba’al Keriah, Bernie Horowitz. The site also more volunteers we have, the fewer times each year includes a guide to each trop (cantillation note) and to the any one person has to serve. Hebrew pronunciation. Dedication opportunities are available for every Parasha. To listen and learn more about the Parasha Ready to sign up for the next training course? Questions? Project please visit www.thebayit/org/parasha. Please contact Tzvi Bar-Shai at [email protected].

THE BAYIT The Hebrew Institute of Riverdale – The Bayit – is an open Orthodox synagogue serving the entire Jewish community by warmly embracing all Jews, regardless of affiliation, commitment, orientation or background. It is affectionately known as the "Bayit," which is a home – a place of love and welcome. We are known nationally for bringing spirituality into the synagogue; activism on behalf of the oppressed; youth and teen engagement; learning programs; and work on behalf of the elderly, the homebound, and those with developmental and physical challenges. If these words resonate with you, if our Bayit has touched your life, then please join our growing membership. Beyond the bayit - June 14th - 21st, 2019

RIVERDALE JEWISH CENTER SHABBAT FOCUS ON DISABILITIES: This Shabbat, Parshat Naso, June 15 the RJC is excited to welcome back Rabbi Penner, our community scholar, for a shabbos focusing on disabilities in the Jewish Community. As you know, the Penners are the proud parents of Matisyahu, a 23-year-old superstar who struggles with autism. Rabbi Penner will be sharing his family’s powerful story with an eye towards educating the community as to how to best integrate special needs I ndividuals and families into the community. Shabbat afternoon oneg at 615pm: Disabilities in the Jewish Community: One Family’s Journey. *Please note this community-wide program will start 90 minutes before mincha and end 20 minutes prior to mincha. All are welcome for Shalosh Seudos: When Strength becomes Weakness: Of Shimshon and other Special Children.

Please join MINYAN SHACHAR, Riverdale’s Partnership Minyan, which will meet this shabbat, June 15, Parashat Naso. Tefillah begins at 9:00am in the Lower Level Beit Midrash of HIR. For more information: http://www.minyanshachar.org. Kiddush following davening.

YESHIVAT MAHARAT GRADUATION: YM thanks Bayit member Zelda Stern for giving the commencement address at their upcoming Semikha Ceremony on Monday, June 17th at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, 3700 Henry Hudson Parkway, Bronx, NY at 6:15pm. As Maharat completes its tenth year, this year's eight graduates including Bayit member, Tali Schaum Broder, will join their colleagues to make 34 alumnae working in Jewish communities, in synagogues, schools, hospitals, and communal institutions. To make a donation in their honor, or to attend the Semikha Ceremony, visit http://bit.ly/semikha2019, or call 718-796-0590 to make a reservation.

REFA’ENU's peer-led mood disorder support groups will meet Tuesday, 6/18/2019, in Paramus. Groups meet regularly on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of every month. Groups meet at 7:30pm in the Ben Porat Yosef Building at E. 243 Frisch Ct. in Paramus, NJ. Doors open at 7:10pm. Please make an effort to be on time (by 7:30pm) so as not to disrupt the flow of the groups. Groups are divided between a group for those with a disorder (depression, bipolar) as well as a group for their loved ones. Please check website to confirm meetings: http://www.refaenu.org. No reservations are required. For more information contact: [email protected]

BRONX JEWISH COMMUNITY COUNCIL EVENING AT THE ZOO: June 20, 2019 at 6:30 PM at the Bronx Zoo. For more information and to sign up for tickets visit https://www.nycharities.org/events/EventLevels.aspx?etid=11195 . Help stock the wine bar at the event by dropping off one or two bottles of mevushal wine at the BJJC att: Niti Minkove, 630 W. 246th St. Include your name and address to receive a gift receipt. The BJCC needs your support and assistance to do the important work of caring for those most in need in the Bronx.

2ND ANNUAL UPTOWN JEWISH FILM EVENT: Next Sunday, June 23rd from 12:00-9:00pm at the Columbia University Campbell Sports Center. Three films and speakers will be on display along with refreshments between the films. The entire event is free but donations are appreciated. RSVP and reserve tickets at www.juarts.org.

KESHET'S MOTHER-DAUGHTER BAT MITZVAH TRIP TO ISRAEL: Young women approaching the age of Bat Mitzvah and their mothers are invited to participate in Keshet’s Mother-Daughter Bat-Mitzvah Trip to Israel led by Sharona Margolin Halickman. The action packed trip will run from November 23-December 2, 2019 and will include Tanach study on site, exposure to female role models in the past and present, fun, educational and spiritual as well as chesed experiences all presented within a Modern Orthodox framework including the opportunity to mark their B’not Mitzvah in a meaningful ceremony. For the full itinerary: http://www.keshetisrael.co.il/groups/2360 For more information: [email protected]

Upcoming at the Riverdale Y:

Summer Camp Last chance to register for camp! The Riverdale Y has programs for all ages. Camp Kulanu (ages 2.5 to 6), Summer Stage (ages 6 to 16), Camp Twelve Trails (ages 5 to 16), and our End-of-Summer-Camp programs (entering grades K through 8) which fill the weeks between summer camp and the beginning of school. For more information, please visit www.RiverdaleY.org/camp

Summer Swim Academy The Academy officially kicks off on July 7. The Riverdale Y features parent & child classes available for 6 - 36 months, group swim for ages 3 - 14, and adults. Use this summer to learn the fundamental steps or advance your swimming level. For more information, please visit www.RiverdaleY.org/summerswim

Nursery School Enrollment 2019-2020: The Riverdale Y Early Childhood Center helps kids ages two and three stimulate their minds, nurture their bodies, and create a sense of community. Our activities include, but are not limited to: creative arts, education exploration, physical activities, swim, social interaction, and building self-esteem. For more information, please visit www.riverdaley.org/early-childhood/

After School Enrollment 2019-2020 Kid's Space provides a seamless end to your child's day. We offer a healthy, kosher snack; homework assistance with NY State Certified teachers; and a range of enrichment activities, all in a supportive and community-oriented setting led by professionally- trained staff. For more information, please visit www.RiverdaleY.org/afterschool